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...ich overhung it by at least half a foot. The municipal authorities and the commissioner of highways did, eventu- ally, pull the old building down, aft... ...by the light of a lamp placed behind a glass globe full of water, the “Vie des Saints,” the “Lettres Edifiantes,” and other books lent by the vicar. M... ...heiress, married to a gentleman of small means living in Limoges, a Madame des Vanneaulx, had again and again urged her uncle to hire a man to protect... ...natu- rally amiable and gentle, and sometimes gay. About a year before the commission of the crime, his habits changed: he slept away from home severa... ...od-father, saw in me, the son of a mere workman, an aptitude for the exact sciences and a precocious desire to rise in life. You favored my impulse to... ...ixteen and eighteen years of age I gave my- self to the study of the exact sciences with an ardor, you remember, that made me ill. My future depended ... ...g, artillery, or staff duty, or the civil engineering of mining, and ponts et chaussees.* By your advice, I chose the latter. * Department of the gove... ...zac dream of life, and expect marvels of it. I entered the Ecole des Ponts et Chaussees; I was a pupil-engineer. I studied the science of construction... ...ssentially bad; bad not only in science, but wher- ever it is employed, in arts, in all selections of men, of projects, of things. If it is a reproach...

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...rd is a dungeon—we stood within it, in another minute—in the dismal tower Des Oublettes, where Rienzi was imprisoned, fastened by an iron chain to th... ... for his own part, he would take the liberty of testing the reality of the commission by personal observation of the Messenger’s face, eyes, forehead,... ...es, for the purpose of establishing a baleful ascendency over their weaker members; and to be influenced by a less fierce desire to make converts, and... ...colleges, and churches too, and palaces: and above all the academy of Fine Arts, where there are a host of inter esting pictures, especially by Guid... ...of men and women represented our mortal race before the refinements of the arts and sciences, and loves and graces, came on earth to soften them. I ne... ...d women represented our mortal race before the refinements of the arts and sciences, and loves and graces, came on earth to soften them. I never saw a... ...pper range (for there are two stories of these caves) the Early Christians des tined to be eaten at the Coliseum Shows, heard the wild beasts, hungry... ... for you directly, beautiful lady, if you’ll give me charity!’ Lastly, the members of a brother hood for burying the dead: hideously masked, and atti... ..., and Iron Hand alone, but of the trium phant growth of peaceful Arts and Sciences. What light is shed upon the world, at this day, from amidst these...

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...alry, In case our lord the king should go to war again, He learn’d the arts of riding, fencing, gunnery, And how to scale a fortress — or a nu... ...is studies she inquired, And so they were submitted first to her, all, Arts, sciences, no branch was made a mystery To Juan’s eyes, excepting ... ...dies she inquired, And so they were submitted first to her, all, Arts, sciences, no branch was made a mystery To Juan’s eyes, excepting natura... ...es, excepting natural history. The languages, especially the dead, The sciences, and most of all the abstruse, The arts, at least all such as ... ...r them and theirs with all who deign to read. CANTO THE THIRD. Hail, Muse! et cetera.—We left Juan sleeping, Pillow’d upon a fair and happy brea... ...o say, There being no such profusion in the North Of oriental plants, ‘et cetera,’ But that of late your scribblers think it worth Their w... ...another’s. Byron’s Don Juan “Canto Six” 167 Away he went then upon his commission, Growling and grumbling in good Turkish phrase Against a... ...ion;— Byron’s Don Juan “Canto Nine” 213 Oh, ye great authors!— ‘Apropos des bottes,’ I have forgotten what I meant to say, As sometimes ha... ... And blazon o’er the door their names in brass. Juan, whose was a delicate commission, Private, though publicly important, bore No title to po...

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...second storey of the house on the street. Metivier, jr., who was more of a commission merchant in paper than a regular dealer, and Barbet, much more o... ...rty in Paris! A private lu- natic asylum performs its functions in the rue des Batailles in the former dwelling of the Chevalier Pierre Bayard du T er... ...inisterial machine, he had no leisure to cultivate letters, still less the arts; but he acquired a rou- tine knowledge of his business, and when he ha... ...y and accused all women of caprice. The secretary-general of the ministry, des Lupeaulx, whose influence Madame Colleville thought greater than it was... ...ofessor, is his idol; he thinks him capable of attaining to the Academy of Sciences. Thuillier, between the audacious nullity of Minard, and the solid... ...odose de la Peyrade, prophecies: ‘Eh! monsieur payera, de la dot, des oies et le char.’ There- fore, my dear Mamma Minard, be sure you don’t give him ... ...door, above which was written, “Aurea mediocritas.” “I ought to have put, ‘et digna,’” added Phellion, pointing to the tablet, “but those two words wo... ...eath,” said Felix to Madame Thuillier. “I’ll be a member of the Academy of Sciences; I’ll make some great discovery, and win her hand by force of fame... ...ery doubtful thing.” “Doubtful!” cried Dutocq; “why doubtful?” “Well, I am commissioned to propose to him another wife, and I’m not sure that any choi...

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...ugh in former days to put the elder George to a good private school; and a commission in the army for his son had been a source of no small pride to h... ... the learning which Georgy imbibed under this valuable master of a hundred sciences, to judge from the weekly reports which the lad took home to his g... ...cted her, but I believe thought in her heart that she was a poor-spirited, des- picable little creature, whose luck in life was only too good for her ... ... but his own; the civilian was, therefore, an easy victim to the guileless arts of this good-natured diplomatist and was ready to do, to purchase, hir... ...s to clear off the dinners of the season, and a little roulette and trente-et-quarante to keep the excite- ment going; there was old Methuselah, who h... ...money-bag. “C’est a Kirsch je bense—je l’ai vu toute a l’heure—qui brenoit des sangviches dans la voiture,” said the courier in a fine German French. ... ... Hall and the Redoute, and in the former place there was a room for trente-et-quarante and roulette established, for the week of the festivities only,... ... Pistol, to the main force, wearing the king’s colours and boasting of his commission, but pillag- ing for themselves, and occasionally gibbeted by th... ...tle Gaunt in a silver urn. “In him,” Mr. Wagg said, “the poor and the Fine Arts have lost a beneficent patron, society one of its most brilliant ornam...

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...ise be open to misconstruction. 1. The paper on “Murder as one of the Fine Arts”* seemed to exact from me some account of Williams, the dreadful Lond... ...ly, that in the Old T estament severity prevails approaching to cruelty. Y et, on consideration, he will be disposed to qualify this opinion. He will ... ...an journal so cautious and so distin- guished for its ability as the Revue des Deux Mondes. I must not leave the impression upon my readers that this ... ...nd wore an amiable expression of face. That I could execute Lady Carbery’s commission, I felt satisfied at once. And, accordingly, when the ladies had... ...y as an attempt was made to put them in motion, they began to back, and no arts, gentle or harsh, would for a moment avail to coax or to coërce them i... ...modation to all humors, tempers, and ages. “Omnis Aristippum decuit color, et status, et res.” And in allusion to this line from Horace it was, that a... ...ns of a journey, this dormant carriage was suddenly undocked, and put into commission. Taking with her two servants, and one of my sisters, my mother ... ...ooding over them. Yet, no! Abominable is the language of despair even in a des- perate situation. And, therefore, Oxford, ancient mother! and thou, Ca... ... standing and the honor of the students, the university burdens their con- sciences to an extent, which, in after life, when reflection has enlightene...

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... wisest, the bravest, the highest born, the most eloquent of men among its members. Father Holt bade him keep his views se- cret, and to hide them as ... ...on, in religion and morals, as well as in the rudiments of the tongues and sciences, the boy took ea- gerly and with gratitude from his tutor. When, t... ...ith a voice that did not sound like that of a very sick woman, “Is it your commission to insult ladies as well as to arrest gentlemen, Captain?” “Thes... ... like the rest of us—and so she looks into her heart, and lo! vacuae sedes et inania arcana. And now, supposing our lady to have a fine genius and a b... ...throw off. In her eagerness to please him she practised a hundred of those arts which had formerly 85 Thackeray charmed him, but which seemed now to ... ...matical studies under his father’s guidance, who was a proficient in those sciences, of which Esmond knew nothing; nor could he write Latin so well as... ... of escrime. At the next term Esmond was to take his degree of Bachelor of Arts, and afterwards, in proper season, to assume the cas- sock and bands w... ...ppointed to give me this message?” cries the Lord Mohun. “Did Frank Esmond commission you?” “No one did. ’Twas the honor of my family that commis- sio...

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...at the scene of the late disaster to the Royal Char- ter, which have received universal recognition, you have very benevolently employed your valuable... ...n yet, and might have been, for anything that ap- peared to the contrary in their soft faces, Princes Imperial, and Princesses Royal. I had the pleasu... ...ed to the contrary in their soft faces, Princes Imperial, and Princesses Royal. I had the pleasure of giving a poetical commission to the baker’s man ... ... he shall see a sight! The Uncommercial Traveller 39 CHAPTER V POOR MERCANTILE JACK I S THE SWEET little cherub who sits smiling aloft and keeps watc... ...various unlawful traps which are every night set for Jack. As my term of service in that distinguished corps was short, and as my personal bias in the... ... health, travelled round the place and came back to me. ‘Certainly, sir.’ ‘The marching to Calcutta in the rainy season must have been severe?’ ‘It wa... ... to purchase a tortoiseshell comb which is a genuine article at any price that your humanity may put upon it and may the blessings of a ouseless famil... ...he barouche were two young men and two young women. The four young women were dressed in exactly the same style; the four young men were dressed in ex... ...ld phrenology, within certain limits, to be true; I am much of the same mind as to the subtler expressions of the hand; I hold physiognomy to be infal...

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...to the right, political economy to the left—natural history , the physical sciences, figures, music, the lower math- ematics, and what not, all in the... ...ke room for so much, had given him a constrained manner, over and above. Y et there was enough of what was animal, and of what was fiery (though smoul... ...Britannia ’ s confidence going straight from that lady to V eneering, thus commissioned, V eneering declares himself highly flattered, but requires br... ...he on his part very humbly admit- ting his defects as to the softer social arts, and entreating to be backed to the utmost by his two able coadjutors.... ...er be done without these tricks, Mr Riah? Come, come, Mr Riah, we know the arts of your people”—my people!—”If the money is to be lent, fetch it, fetc... ...ned and ever since brought up on sawdust? Not the talking-over stranger. Y et the house is as free to him as if it was his, and he has his room, and i... ...would be no. But being soured, Mr Wegg, and driven to reckless madness and des- peration, I suppose it’s Y es.’ W egg joyfully reproduces the two glas... ...etary, en- countering her by chance alone in the great drawing-room, ‘with commissions for home. I shall always be happy to ex- ecute any commands you... ...ected herself to be driven to the corner of that darksome spot. Thence she des- patched ‘the male domestic of Mrs Boffin,’ in search of the counting-h...

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...nd there- fore, I wrong Little Jule in supposing it. She had a free roving commission. According to her pa- pers she might go whither she pleased—whal... ...hief mate, who, as the story went, had been given his captain in charge. Y et, despite his apparent unobtrusiveness, the silent captain had more to do... ...f their countrymen. Hapless wights! thus martyred in the cause of the Fine Arts. Beside the regular practitioners, there are a parcel of shabby, itine... ...s of fancy attained by the gentlemen of the faculty. All professors of the arts love to fraternize; and so, in Hannamanoo, the tattooers came together... ...eaving M. Bruat governor, assisted by Reine and Carpegne, civilians, named members of the Council of Government, and Merenhout, the consul, now made C... ...the circle round), and there goes the sun (snatching up another stick, and commission- ing a bandy-legged native to travel round with it in a con- tra... ...king, if ye dare.” Thus driven to it, then, we resumed our employ- ment. Y et, in spite of all we could do, we lagged behind Zeke and Shorty, who, bre... ...natives some account of distant countries; as commissioner of the arts and sciences, he instructs them in the use of the jack-knife, and the best way ... ...ht being shed through the transparent rind. As the evening advanced, other members of the household, whom as yet we had not seen, began to drop in. Th...

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... own per- sonal conception of usefulness. He was extremely fond of all the arts, and he had an almost passionate enjoyment of pictures. He had seen ma... ...ared beneath it, as he had often done before; this time, however, not as a commissioned navi- gator, but simply as an amateur of an observing turn lik... ...t for a good deal of expensive instruction in foreign tongues and abstruse sciences, received the education of a poor man’s son. His fare was plain, h... ...othing for the money, but he had felt an angry desire to protest against a des- tiny which seemed determined to be exclusively salutary. It seemed to ... ...hich began in 1861. When the Civil War broke out he immediately obtained a commission, and did his duty for three long years as a citizen soldier. His... ...id kind, on behalf of an idea, or in producing a masterpiece in one of the arts. Oftenest, perhaps, he wished he were a vigorous young man of genius, ... ...hank the Lord, Baxter de- parted last week, blaspheming horribly at trente et quarante. But you know all about it and what one does— what one is liabl... ...ame Grandoni, thanking her, “as if it had been prepared for the Academy of Sciences; “ and he congratulated himself on having listened to it when, a c... ...cease to care for the game. I ‘m not making vulgar threats of suicide; for des- tiny, I trust, won’t add insult to injury by putting me to that abomin...

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... a desperate Dick, a carder and a dicer, a professor of the seven damnable sciences, if ever man 32 Kenilworth took degrees in them?’ No, by Heaven! ... ... an oracle of thee. We will have thee to Oxford to take the degrees in the arts. And, in the meantime, hast thou arranged all the matters which were s... ... rank befitting the high office he has held in your lordship’s family.” “Y et you seem discontented when I propose throwing up a dangerous game, which... ...measure—compounding his drugs—tracing his circles—ca- joling his patients, et sic et cæteris. Well, right worshipful, the Doctor being removed thus st... ...ce in the town of Farringdon were occasioned by his progress in the mystic sciences, and his intercourse with the invisible world. Me also he tried to... ...y child knows it. But my poor head forgets all it should remember, and re- members only what it would most willingly forget. My brain has been at faul... ...t I must have your assistance to persuade the good Sir Hugh to make me his commissioner and fiduciary in this matter, for it is in his name I must spe... ...y years as I have been chemist here?” “These questions it is no part of my commission to an- swer,” said Wayland; “I only wish to know if you have wha... ...he must entertain of another equally trusted, if not equally beloved, were arts which she used throughout her reign, and which enabled her, though fre...

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...in these terms: “Monseigneur — The king is about to set out for the fron- tiers. You are aware that the marriage of his majesty is concluded upon. The... ...mperceptible vestige of his ancient spirit of intrigue, shot across the pale face of the prince. “Thanks, M. de Bragelonne,” then said Monsieur. “You ... ... directed their course towards the city gate, in order to be the first to signal or see the cortege. They knew very well that the king would not arriv... ...eneath the stranger but a few hoarse, discordant voices, shouting at intervals, “Vive le Roi!” 46 Ten Years Later – V ol. 1 There remained likewise t... ... “Captain, monsieur!” interrupted the king, “you make a mistake. Lieutenant, you mean.” “Not at all, sire — I make no mistake; your majesty may rely u... ...g, in an affair of delicacy and confidence, to keep the secret from your honor, here is the inscription: — ‘Hic jacet venerabilis, Petrus Gulielmus Sc... ...And what is this event?” said Fouquet, a little troubled by the evident agitation of his most intimate confidant. “There is a secret chamber of justic... ...s quite enough for Porthos. The supper, then, went off very well. D’Artagnan was in high spirits. Aramis exceeded himself in kind affability. Porthos ... ... The king darted at his confidant one of those looks which resemble the livid fire of a flash of lightning, one of those 528 Ten Years Later – V ol. ...

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...istorian and biographer, than of any other species of writing; for all the arts and sciences (even criticism itself) require some little degree of lea... ...and biographer, than of any other species of writing; for all the arts and sciences (even criticism itself) require some little degree of learning and... ...never simile, nor ogle, nor dress, nor flatter, nor endeavour by any other arts or tricks to gain the affection of the said beef, &c. Sigh indeed we s... ... a looking glass, they add of their own, are in reality those very spicula et faces amoris so of mentioned by Ovid; or, as they are sometimes called i... ... reflect on any besides himself, it must be only on those who gave him his commission. 401 The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling by Henry Fielding; V... ... While they were thus discoursing, Mrs. Honour returned and discharged her commission, by bidding the landlady im mediately wake Mr. Jones, and tell ... ...nes out of Horace, which would inspire courage into a coward. ‘Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori: Mors et fugacem persequitur virum, ... .... But though a miracle of this kind might have engaged all the Academies des Sciences in Europe, and perhaps in a fruit less inquiry; yet the reade... ...But though a miracle of this kind might have engaged all the Academies des Sciences in Europe, and perhaps in a fruit less inquiry; yet the reader, b...

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...in the navy, in the church, in the law; connected with the press, the fine arts, public institutions, every description and grade of business. He has ... ...lves as having been imposed upon, or as having weakly gratified their con sciences with a lazy, flimsy substitute for the noblest of all vir tues. T... ...doll, with moveable eyes, was put up to be raffled for, by five and twenty members at two shillings, seven years ago this autumn, and the list is not ... ...the raffle will come off next year. We think so, because we only want nine members, and should only want eight, but for number two having grown up sin... ...s clock strikes nine. We are punctual. Where is Inspector Field? Assistant Commissioner of Police is already here, enwrapped in oil skin cloak, and st... ...Sea Islands, and from the birds and beetles of the trop ics, and from the Arts of Greece and Rome, and from the Sculptures of Nineveh, and from the t... ...The water rats thinking it wise to abscond at the end of that time without commission of felony, we shot out, dis appointed, with the tide. ‘Grim the...

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...h; and yet a fatal delusion withal. Prefigurement that, in spite of beaver sciences and temporary spiritual hebetude and cecity, man and his Universe ... ...ffront, or otherwise taken some disgust in that service; had thrown up his commission in consequence; and returned home, about this time, with intent ... ...nt use of inversion; which generally appears as a transposition of the two members of a clause, in a way which would not have been practiced in conver... ... wealthy people of the Town and neighborhood, for the encouragement of the arts in that region; it has its Library, its Museum, some kind of Annual Ex... ...hich I have been acting as one of the judges in the department of the Fine Arts, and have written a little Report for them. As I have not said that Fa... ...ing a new duty for me. “Why write the Life of Sterling?” I imagine I had a commission higher than the world’s, the dictate of Nature herself, to do wh...

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...p to pondering the scene about me. As I dwelt upon that shining pageant of arts, and moving concourse of nations, and reflected that here was the prid... ...ught. But, pray explain it.” “The World’s Charity is to be a society whose members shall comprise deputies from every charity and mission ex- tant; th... ...ery, more particularly if alleged to have been brought about by unhindered arts of the wicked, such an admission was, to say the least, not prudent; s... ...t a want of confi- dence, born of too bitter an experience of betrayers. Y et, per- mit one who is not without feeling—” 78 The Confidence-Man “Begon... ...their everlasting fortunes, as the phrase goes—only charging his one small commission of confidence. Aye, aye; before intrusting funds with my friend,... ...ime long forsworn your intelligence offices, I had him sent to me from the Commissioners of Emigration, all the way from New York, culled out carefull... ... must expect from him. For however charitable it may be to view Indians as members of the Society of Friends, yet to affirm them such to one igno- ran... ...t, and probably at its lowest in him who has com- pleted the circle of the sciences. As for original characters in fiction, a grateful reader will, on...

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...ker, and a shipping-mer- chant. He bought land and houses in the town, and des- patched a vessel to New York freighted with silks purchased in Lyons a... ...urnelle, who always took Modeste to church and brought her back again, was commissioned to tell the mother that she was mistaken about her daughter. “... ...rmounted by a baron’s coronet; support- ers, two larches, vert. Motto: “Or et fer” (no allusion to Ophir or auriferous). The original Canalis, who wen... ...enius from drawing an annuity out of the fund for the encouragement of the arts and belles letters. The last edition of the works of Canalis, printed ... ...this Dorat of the sacristy, who still ranks as a star of the modern Pleia- des. To Monsieur de Canalis,—Many a time, monsieur, I have wished to write ... ...ean Butscha. I will not be notary; I shall give that up; I shall study the sciences.” “Why?” “Ah, mademoiselle, to train up your children, if you will... ...erdict of the prince of science. That illustrious member of the Academy of Sciences put about a dozen brief questions to the blind woman as he examine... ...est rushed to Modeste without bowing to any one; he saw only her, took his commission with undisguised joy, and darted from the room, with the secret ... ...an- deur in the perfect accord of details with the whole being, and in the arts, now a second nature, which render a woman grand and even sacred,—to e...

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...r was there one of the six that, for his years, had more renown in arms.—Y et this will I say, and loudly—that were he in England, and durst repeat, i... ...ingly shall it be done,” said Gurth, and instantly departed to execute the commission. “I wish I knew,” said W amba, when his comrade’s back was turne... ...airam will forgive it for the sake of his kinsman Isaac. Fare thee well!—Y et hark thee, good youth,” said he, turning about, “thrust thyself not too ... ... 64 Ivanhoe this seat of honour was designed for La Royne de la Beaulté et des Amours. But who was to represent the Queen of Beauty and of Love on the... ...and armour, since that which I wear I can hardly term mine own.” “We stand commissioned, each of us,” answered the squire of Reginald Front-de-Boeuf, ... ...tlaws, whom the severity of the forest laws had reduced to this roving and des- perate mode of life, were chiefly peasants and yeomen of Saxon descent... ...om friends, our confidential servants; we borrowed their artists and their arts, and despised the honest simplicity and hardihood with which our brave... ... brave ancestors supported themselves, and we be- came enervated by Norman arts long ere we fell under Norman arms. Far better was our homely diet, ea... ...ristians, that the Jew- ish Rabbins were deeply acquainted with the occult sciences, and particularly with the cabalistical art, which had its name an...